What We Mend - (Saltwillow - Book One)
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Avery Shaw swore off grand gestures the day she left her charming, controlling ex. Now it's just her, her glitter-drunk kid, and a dream: turn Saltwillow Hall's dusty annex into a kids' book nook.
Cal Bennett fixes what's broken for a living, but grief doesn't take a number. Three years after losing his wife, the widowed dad has one rule-keep things steady for his son. No chaos. Definitely no seagull-costumed six-year-olds.
Saltwillow has other plans. The principal voluntells Avery and Cal to co-chair the school fete. The mayor's goat keeps escaping. Rumours multiply faster than lamingtons. And a shared proposal to restore the Hall forces late-night blueprint sessions where laughter slips into something that feels like hope.
But when custody mind games and old loyalties collide with new want, "what we mend" might include hearts neither of them meant to hand over.
Single parents • small town meddling • slow burn • grief & second love • banter, angst, and bakery carbs.
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